Implementation of the Regulatory Mechanism for Developing the Educational Potential of Senior Citizens in Russia and Abroad

Abstract

The article analyses the experience of implementing the regulatory and legal mechanism for the development of the educational potential of senior citizens in Russia and abroad; it substantiates the need for its application in social practice. The purpose of the study is to determine directions, features and forms of implementing the regulatory mechanism for developing the educational potential of senior citizens in Russia and abroad. Results: the comparative analysis of the experience of different countries has revealed the success of implementing the regulatory mechanism for public management of developing the educational potential of senior citizens; it has determined its most effective form, such as the public-private partnership (Denmark, Holland, Sweden). In Russia a sufficient legislative framework has been formed; it allows the effective implementation of the regulatory mechanism for the development of the educational potential of senior citizens. The main directions of implementing this mechanism in Russia and abroad are creating universities of the third age, as well as developing programs of additional professional education. The main feature is the joint training of young people and senior citizens at the educational programs in order to transfer some social and professional experience to the new generation (France, China). Keywords-regulatory mechanism, public administration, senior citizens, human potential, the educational potential of senior citizens.Along with the changes in scientific notions of the importance of the educational potential of senior citizens, the